The debut episode of TUF 23 drew 479,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday night according to Sports TV Ratings. It is the lowest rating for a debut episode on TUF since it began on FS1. The debut episode featured the usual two-hour premiere which showed fights to get into the house. This season’s coaches are Joanna […]
UFC on Fox 19 final overnight rating and prelims
UFC on Fox 19 Saturday drew an average rating of 2.5 million viewers on Saturday according to Nielsen. The prelims which preceded the main card on Fox drew 1.4 million viewers. The main card peaked with 2.8 million viewers. The prelims which featured Michael Chiesa submitting Beneil Dariush drew a 0.9 rating in the adult […]
Disappointing PPV buy rate for Pacquiao-Bradley III
The Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley trilogy did poorly on PPV according to Bob Arum in a report from ESPN’s Dan Rafael. The Top Rank promoter admits that the PPV did between 400K-500K buys and that the event lost money. Arum admitted that the April 9th event will be closer to 400K PPV buys than 500K and that […]
Fight Pass adds SHOOTO Japan
UFC Fight Pass announced on Wednesday that it has signed an exclusive rights live-event and on-demand content deal with SHOOTO Japan. No financial terms were released although the press release from the UFC indicates it is a multi-year deal. Via UFC press release: SHOOTO Japan is widely considered the world’s oldest mixed martial arts organization. […]
UFC removes McGregor from UFC 200
Dana White announced on ESPN Tuesday that Conor McGregor has been removed from UFC 200. The news comes hours after McGregor announced his retirement via twitter. White indicated that McGregor was removed from the card after he indicated he would not participate in promotional activities. White has done something like this before. When Nick Diaz […]